Instead than some kind of view of Mont Saint-Michel, I choose to photograph a different subject: the crowd. Quite early in the morning, most of them were yet arriving, only few going away, when the tide on very small square in front of the entrance was at the lowest level.
A curious effect of low horizon light in the evening and the time evolution of some contrail few minutes after the jets passed. Nice and poetic (and no, they are not chemtrails, which are just baloney)
Hot July sunday at the Place-Moulin lake. Very quiet an with beautiful greenish color on the water too. Just some side detail to show a bit of depth to the image, but the water colour would have been enough anyway.
NIKON D40X (42mm, f/4.5, 1/13 sec, ISO100)
Looks an antique photo, even if done today, due the total lack of modernity signs (wires, lights,…). A very narrow road on the S. Giulio island (Orta Lake). The curve and the light at its end may also ideally raise questions about what’s behind it, adding some suspance to the picture.
NIKON D40X (200mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, ISO100)
Today, 21-SEP-2014, Francesco Fornabaio, airshowman, pilot and poet, died in an accident during an airshow in Venice. This is the last photo that I took of him, one week before the mishap, and there will not be other more. It’s not the best one I have of him, but it’s the last, so this is my tribute to him. Requiescat in pace, Francesco.
NIKON D40X (18mm, f/6.3, 1/160 sec, ISO100)
In this picture most of the weather and lights can be found: sun, darkness, rain, clouds, blue sky, natural light, artificial light. All in a single picture: it is not so usual find all them together. Isn’t it beautiful?
NIKON D40X (200mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, ISO100)
Waves against pier: some of them looks like smashing on it, instead of flow by side. Interesting parallel between the spaced waves and the vertical pier supports, both with apparent repeated texture.
NIKON D40X (46mm, f/4.8, 2.2 sec, ISO100)
During a party with live music I shooted this image, without great faith in what could be the result. When looking after the images, I discovered that the final effect was quite interesting (at least to my eyes, of course). For the curious, the group playing music is http://www.danceangels.com/ at http://www.cadelconte.com/
NIKON D40X (200mm, f/5.6, 1/25 sec, ISO100)
The long lenses compression effect show this residential zone like a jumble of houses and gardens. It is not. Really.
NIKON D40X (130mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO100)
Early morning at the balcony. A curious coincidence make that jet contrail as a sharp turn (probably there were two) trace. Joining this with the bright warm colors of the rising sun and the cold blue sky, as well as the absolute calm of that moment make this image noteworthy for me. Hope for you too!
NIKON D40X (18mm, f/11, 1/500 sec, ISO800)
… and dead was I too! (Aigues Mortes = roughly “Dead Waters”). Well over 30 C° the walk of this magnificent town walls was a bit hard to bear. Only the beauty of the city and the fantastic colors of the Camargue helped me to complete it. The small clouds at high altitute didn’t help to screen the sun, but they were marvelous to look at and, of course, to photograph. The polarizer helped to increase the color depth, helping too the impression of a really hot day. After the walk, the icecream was very welcome!
NIKON D40X (60mm, f/5, 1/200 sec, ISO100)
I did not think that I had to find both cows and such fog so high in mountain. Well, more than fog it was a cloud, but this looks to be not so important for the final result. By the way we had to move away sometime later, because looks like that we were invading some part of the grass field that the cows wants to stay free form humans.
NIKON D40X (200mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec, ISO100)
Taken from the Loccia lake, at the beginning of the Belvedere glacier in Macugnaga (NW Italy), during a day where the weather changed several times, showing the sinuosity of the various snow layers. Another image which is inspired by the Ansel Adams works (obviously).
NIKON D40X (200mm, f/5.6, 1/80 sec, ISO200)
2012 winter came late, but it was cold and with a lot of snow. I took this picture when snow was falling and the light was low. I like the division in multiple levels, giving an idea about the image depth.
NIKON D40X (18mm, f/5, 1/100 sec, ISO100)
A sunny August day, very hot (as usual in that period in south of France). One of the few fresh location available are the Roman amphitheatre corridors, beautiful and very well maintained. Due to the oval shape of the building the corridor looks infinite, something similar to the endless run of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in the final scene of Ridley Scott’s Alien movie (but in this case much less scary!)
NIKON D40X (82mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec, ISO100)
Classical clear sky of a windy day (looking carefully the pin leaf you the wind effect is noticeable), and a classical lighthouse (here in Cap Ferrat, France), results in a classical image, full of colors.
NIKON D40X (40mm, f/4.5, 1/30 sec, ISO100)
The contrast between the inside and outside light has always fascinated me, and this candid image show this. Furthermore this picture make me think that the subject was curios about what’s over there, hence the title.
NIKON D40X (48mm, f/22, 1/40 sec, ISO3200)
A backyard floor recently renewed has the trace of the tires and the cars which passed there. An image about randomness, repetitive patterns and abstractionism. Something different from the daily usual experience, especially because it’s under the sight of everyone.
NIKON D40X (18mm, f/3.5, 1.1 sec, ISO100)
I’ve been invited by some friends for a dinner in an airfield. The dinner took place in the hangar, where the planes were all around (literally!). Of course a great light contrast, and a result which looks quite surreal and, in my eyes, interesting. Here it is.
NIKON D40X (105mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec, ISO100)
Walking in the Valentino’s park in Turin, I saw that the Monte dei Cappuccini church illuminated by a stratified storm weather light. Just a bit of HDR technique to show the impression I got from this view, and here it is.
NIKON D40X (170mm, f/9, 1/60 sec, ISO100)
When visiting Messer Tulipano tulip exposition at the Castello di Pralormo, I saw this dandelion staying alone far from the tulips field. It set off me mixed feelings: loneliness, distinction, parting, standing out, … don’t know what’s the most appropriate, anyway here it is.
NIKON D40X (90mm, f/5.3, 1/640 sec, ISO100)
Yes, I know, I’m a bit late in celebrating the International Women’s Day, but I wasn’t able to publish this image in time. Anyway this is my little contribution to this important celebration. Women deserve all the support they can get, and even more. This mimosa (technically Silver Wattle) image, thanks to a windy day, has bright colors and a deep blue sky. Yellow and blue stay together very well.
NIKON D40X (170mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec, ISO100)
I took this picture during an airshow. It’s a classical warbird (WW II era) carefully restored. It’s a classical picture, which I like because the wing has the same inclination as the far background clouds (the plane was turning around a pylon).
NIKON D40X (26mm, f/5, 1/100 sec, ISO100)
Southern France: in the territory of Rustrel (Luberon) there is an extraordinary location, called the Colorado Provencal del Rustrel, where ochra was extracted and used for textile coloring until several years ago. Red and yellow ochra and their variations are present in this almost lunar-like, desertic natural park. Fantastic and beautiful, it seems incredible that such kind of things can exist on the Earth.
NIKON D40X (18mm, f/6.3, 1/160 sec, ISO100)
During a trip to the Mont Blanc, at the Aguille du Midi, I catch my wife staring at the mountain top from a window in the hallway. The contrast between the outside light and the inside just left my wife image emerging from the dark. It was a lucky shot, done without pose and organization.
NIKON D40X (200mm, f/16, 1/20 sec, ISO100)
Glamorous Elena, a beautiful Van’s RV-7 belonging to a friend of mine, resting in the afternoon in Valdera airfield. The plane shape from this angle, the propeller position, diagonal to the image, and the strong colors are the reason for this picture.
NIKON D40X (200mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec, ISO100)
While observing this particular of the Duomo di Pisa (in the same Cathedral Square where it’s located the famous Leaning Tower), I saw that it looks like a B/W photo, but with an intense blue coming from the clear sky. I was fascinated by this tonality mix.
NIKON D40X (200mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec, ISO100)
… did I already told that the rape flowers are yellow? Well, anyway looks that rape flowers are really yellow! These strongly colored patch among other cultures are a real sign that spring is really started. After a long, cold and dark winter, together to better temperatures it’s a really pleasure to search for some interesting pattern to shoot.
NIKON D40X (32mm, f/6.3, 1/160 sec, ISO100)
March is a month where (in this part of Italy) the snow in plain is unusual, especially if the snowfall is abundant, so I quickly take this shoot which is an almost natural black and white one, even if not converted in grayscale.
NIKON D40X (150mm, f/5.6, 1/402 sec, ISO100)
The oblique light which graze the snow make it looking similar to velvet. Light and shadows give the idea of smooth waves. I was impressed by the poetry of the evening light, and I tried to capture it.